
Contact
The Museum of Art, Music & Word (est. 2017)
Head Curator: Roberto Arredondo
EL CONJUNTO BERNAL ~ 1976 original Siesta Records 100% Sealed LP, $358 + S / H
1976 original Siesta Records LP pressing #S-105, 100% Still Sealed LP, MINT / MINT, unplayed. NO cut-out markings, NO seam splits, NO ring-wear. El Conjunto Bernal led by brothers Eloy & Paulino Bernal is considered by many as The GOAT ("Greatest of All Time") of conjuntos. Formed in 1952 in Kingsville, Texas and really took off by 1955, just when rock-n-roll was getting started! While in my high school years (1972-1975), Eloy Bernal bought a brick home on the corner of I Road & Gasline Road (later Alameda Street where an H.E.B. stands today) 2 blocks away from my home in San Juan, Texas. I Road divided the small towns of San Juan & Pharr, Texas. I went to that house several times during those days, even one time finding my 1st cousins' nephew Arturo Hernandez, who was older than me but into the music biz & looked like a Rolling Stone, with long hair, platform shoes, with highball drink in hand, but I used to hung out with Eloy's half brothers, Richard, Oscar "El Compa", Alfonso "El Cachirul" & "Prieto" + mostly through Richard Bernal, the oldest (a few years older than me) I met Eloy & the current Conjunto Bernal (1971 - 1975), even saw them play "live" at several places in the Rio Grande Valley & Kingsville, always for FREE, and it was always a "treat" as they were truely a great live band, Eloy leading (Paulino was in "religion" by then), but electric lead guitarist "Juanena", accordionist Cali Carranza, and lead singers Cha Cha Jimenez & Laura Canales were 1st rate!




Tortilla Factory, 1974 original Falcon Records LP, $258 + S / H
1974 original Falcon Records LP pressing #FLP-4063, rare Gatefold cover VG, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO real ring-wear, but heavy shelf wear, especially on back cover. Vinyl M-, maybe 1 small, very light scratch, plays excellent with almost NO background noise. A band heavy on the horns, the chicano-Chicago? That plays cumbias, rancheras, boleros & love songs. Led by "El Charro Negro" (Bobby Butler).
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
Tortilla Factory - made in america, 1975 original Falcon Records LP, $258 + S / H
1975 original Falcon Records LP pressing #FLP-4063, cover VG++, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, shelf wear, vinyl VG++, very tiny scratches on start of side 1 that click a few times, a longer, light scratch on side 2 that doesn't click at all.
.jpg)




.jpg)
The Latin Breed ~ Breakin' the Rules, 1989 original CBS International LP, $258 + S / H
1989 original CBS International Records LP pressing #CRL-80094, cover VG++, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl M-, NO scratches, plays excellent. There's only 7 guys in the photo & there's 20+ people listed in the credits... so who's in the band?
.jpg)




.jpg)
PEOPLE ~ PEOPLE, 1977 original GCP Records LP, $258 + S / H
1977 original Guerra Company Productions Records LP pressing #GCLP 132, cover VG++, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, some shelf wear, vinyl M-, NO scratches, plays excellent. Late 1970s Tejano orquesta band that included David Marez -vocals; Joe Posada -saxophone; Richard Solis -drums; Pete Hernandez -keyboards; Pete Garza -bass;."Ferny" Mata -guitar; William Arnold Lowry -trumpet.
.jpg)




.jpg)
Joe Posada & El Quinto Sol, 1983 original Cara Records LP, $258 + S / H
1983 original CARA Records LP pressing #048, cover M-, still in the original plastic shrink-wrap, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl M-, NO scratches, plays excellent. Joe Posada -vocals, saxophone, flutes; Pete Ojeda -bass; Steve Velasquez -guitars; Ricky Hernandez -synths & keyboards; Chris Alaniz - drums; Al Gomez -trumpets, Fugel horn; Rusty Wells -percussion. Manny R. Guerra -producer.
.jpg)




.jpg)
THE FOUR LEGENDS ~ Little Joe - Freddie Martinez - Augustin Ramirez - Sunny Ozuna, original Rosita CD, $58 + S / H
1983 original Rosita Records CD pressing, cover, back cover & disc M-, NO scratches on disc. 4 classic songs by each artist. All great!
.jpg)
.jpg)

mazz - 1980, 1980 original Cara Records LP, N / A
1980 original Cara Records LP pressing #017, cover M-, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl M-, NO scratches, plays excellent. These boys came out from the Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas to be exact. Led by Jimmy Gonzalez-guitar & Joe Lopez-lead vocals.
.jpg)




.jpg)

1981 original Falcon Records LP pressing #GLP-016,cover M-, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl M-, NO scratches, plays excellent. One of the many great bands from the Rio Gande Valley! In my Top 100 Albums of All Time! for sure. "Country" done Tejano Style!!!
The Country Roland Band ~ Greatest Hits ! 1981 original Falcon Records LP, Not For Sale


1987 original Arhoolie Records LP pressing #3023, 100% Still Sealed, MINT / MINT, unplayed. NO cut-out markings, NO seam splits, NO ring-wear. According to Arhoolie Records head honcho Chris Strachwitz, this was originally released on RyN Records (out of McAllen, Texas) circa 1971. A true talent, Esteban Jordan came from the Rio Grande Valley, a true original! Always a trip! Dig it!!
Steve Jordan ~ El Corrido De JHONNY EL PACHUCO, 1987 original Arhoolie 100% Sealed LP, $258 + S / H

1972 original 1st press Falcon Records LP pressing #FLP-4021, cover VG++, NO seam splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl NM, NO scratches, plays excellent. In the summer of 1973 (when I was only 16 years old!) I had the unforgetable pleasure of meeting & hanging out with Esteban Jordan via his step-daughter whom "Kato" (a school friend of mine since grade school, not The Green Hornet side-kick) & I became friends with at the McAllen Public Swimming Pool that summer (my 1st summer spent in the Rio Grande Valley, since EVERY summer before that, stretching back to the late 1950s, and even the next year 1974, our last, was spent in Michigan & Ohio, working the sugar beet / pinto bean & tomatoe fields as migrant workers). When I went to visit her at her home, to take her to the Drive-In movies, well to make the story short, "El Parche" met me in the front yard, and after Esteban "checked me out" for about 30 minutes of "chit chat", I had to take Mrs. Esteban Jordan, several of Esteban's little sons, even Esteban's own younger brother "Silver" who played timbales in Jordan's band! (He's probably on this LP too!) Anyway, good thing my older brother Chavelo had "loaned me a station wagon", remember those? So we all crammed into the wagon & went to the movies, we all had a good time at the Drive-In! Important thing is the next time I went to their house which was on South 29th Street in McAllen, Texas, Silver had probably told "El Parche" that I was "a cool dude" and so they took me to their recording studio on South 23rd Street, where I heard them play & practice for many, many hours into the night! So before my junior year in high school began, I had a front row seat, while I rolled their funny little cigarettes, oh my, to "the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion" playing just a few feet from me with his whole band!!! I can still remember him play "El Alacran" several times that night to this day!


1988 original made in the West Germany Zensor Records LP pressing #ZS 55, cover NM, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl NM, NO scratches, plays excellent. A "Best of", if you will, made in West Germany when The Berlin Wall was still "up", but they were digging Esteban Jordan & his accordion groove, even there! A nice historical "bio" of Esteban is on the back cover.
STEVE JORDAN ~ THE RETURN OF EL PARCHE, 1988 original West Germany press Zensor LP, $258 + S / H

1965 original made in Texas beGo Records LP pressing #BG-1016, cover VG+(+), NO splits on bottom seam or spine, top seam has wear and split 1 inch on edge, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, shelf wear, vinyl looks NM, NO scratches, has some light background noise on some tracks, so will grade at VG++. This was one of the great early groups of the 1960s, check out the group members: Carlos Guzman-lead vocals; Mel Villareal-electric accordion, backing vocals; Ramiro De La Cruz (aka "Snowball")-electric lead guitar, backing vocals; Armando Hinojosa Jr.-electric bass, backing vocals; Baldemar Munoz-drums.
Carlos Guzman y Los Fabulosos 4 ~ vestida de blanco, 1965 original beGo LP, $258 + S / H



1965 original beGo Records LP pressing #BG-1016, cover NM, still in the original plastic shrink-wrap, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl NM, NO scratches, plays excellent with the odd clicks & pops here & there. "A historical cornerstone in the foundation of Tejano Music."
Carlos Guzman y Los Fabulosos 4 ~ "vestida de blanco", 1965 original beGo LP, $958 + S / H


.jpg)
.jpg)


1970 original El Zarape Records LP pressing #ZLP-1045, cover NM, still in the original plastic shrink-wrap, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl VG++, a couple of light scratches that maybe click once or twice, pretty clean, I think this is their 2nd album because I have seen one from 1969. This is the original band before Ramiro "Snowball" De La Cruz & Mel Villareal joined them.
LOS UNICOS ~ LOS UNICOS, 1970 original El Zarape Records LP, $958 + S / H




1975 original Un1ko Records LP pressing #ULP-1004, cover NM, still in the original plastic shrink-wrap, NO seam or spine splits, NO cut-out markings, NO ring-wear, vinyl VG(+), a few light scratches, plays VG+ with some background noise in some spots.